Pakistan floods undermine Zardari, empower military (+ analysis); Geithner hints at government role in US mortgages with private sector in "full retreat"; Lebanon does u-turn on Palestinians; North Korean plane crashes, pilot may have been defecting; and more
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World News Brief, Thursday October 23
Economic fears send share-markets tumbling in Asia and Europe; the long-term factors behind the credit crisis; North Korea accuses Japan of undermining nuke talks; India sends its first rocket to the moon; and more
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Dow drops below 10,000 as confidence remains shaky; Iceland looks to Russia for bailout loan; Car bomb in Bangkok; Iraqis close to US troop deal; and more
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